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- From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
- Subject: Re: tcsh for os2?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.070154.769@unixg.ubc.ca>
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- References: <94@slpfs1.UUCP> <1992Aug13.164259.10345@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 07:01:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug13.164259.10345@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> andy@huey.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Andy Poulsen) writes:
- >why can't tcsh be compiled for os/2? the sources are freely available,
- >and from what i've heard the emx port should allow fairly easy porting.
- >it'd be a welcome addition, i think (and free, at that...)
- >
- >anyone, anyone?
- go for it! Nice of you to offer!
-
- seriously, I think tcsh uses a lot of UNIX system calls, and while OS/2
- can handle the same kind of things UNIX can, OS/2 does things in a totally
- different way. I think fork() is one critical call that OS/2 doesn't have
- directly, so someone is probably working on providing equivalent calls.
-
- THEN we might see a 2nd wave of UNIX programs, like tcsh etc.
-
-
- >
- >thanks,
- >
- >andy
- >
- >
- >--
- >andy poulsen *
- >jpl 169-214/pasadena, ca 91109 * we engineers have a saying:
- >(818) 354-8033 *
- >andy@huey.jpl.nasa.gov * we may be dumb, but we're slow...
-
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